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Lucia took a deep breath and turned to look at Emma who was beside her. “This really has nothing to do with Mr. Adams.” Emma sighed. “Then you need to find a way to explain. After all, everyone now thinks you’re head over heels in love with Mr. Adams to the point of badgering him.”

Explain? No one would listen even if she tried to explain.

“Ding-dong.” The door of the lift opened. Lucia and Emma stepped out side by side and walked to the front door.

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Suddenly, a man came up towards them. “Lucia!”

Lucia turned to see that it was Baron, a male colleague from the finance depart­ment.

“Baron, you just got off work too?”

Baron smiled at her and nodded. “What a coincidence.”

He paused, said hello to Emma, and then looked back at Lucia. ’’Where are you going? Do you want me to take

you home?”

A little uncomfortable with Barons enthusiasm and attention, Lucia reached out to hook her arm around Emma’s and declined with a smile. “I’ve got a dinner date with Emma.”

At that, Baron smiled and scratched his head. “Well then, you two go for dinner and I’ll take you home next time when I get a chance.”

“Okay, bye.”

After saying goodbye to Baron, Lucia pulled Emma with her and left the lobby of the company quickly.

asked, “Lucia, everyone can see that Baron likes

had mixed feelings. She looked down at the wedding ring on her finger and had no idea how to

to Emma.

Lucia didn’t answer, Emma didn’t get angry and said, holding Lucia’s hand, “Actually, I do

asked promptly, “What is

they say that you are crazy about Mr. Adams, right? If you get closer to another man, like Baron,

disprove those rumors, won’t

at the same time. “To prove that I’m not interested in Mr. Adams, I should get closer to another man. Is that what you mean?” Emma nodded. “Yes. When the time comes, you can explain and those rumors will be gone.” Lucia hesitated. “But wouldn’t that be taking advantage of Baron?” “Of course not. Baron likes you, and you are just trying to get closer to him. It doesn’t mean that you have to be his girlfriend. You only need to prove that you are

nodded doubtfully. She was

from Emma, Lucia kept thinking about it, but

rumors in the company would die down within these days, only to find that they were getting worse instead

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about all this when he came back

the end, Lucia ran out of ideas. She was at her wit’s end when she suddenly thought of what Emma had said to her the other day. In this desperate situation,

used this trick a lot in showbiz. To squash one rumor, they would use another one to divert

August would not be affected. Having made up her mind, she summoned up the courage and went to see Baron, but her courage failed her when she arrived at the door of the finance

if she should go inside, someone came out and, coin­cidentally,

a stack of papers in his hand, Baron seemed to be on his way to the Archives. He was surprised to

doing here, Lucia? Are you here to hand in

suddenly got nervous, not knowing where to begin with the words she had already prepared. Baron smiled patiently

her courage. “I’m.. here

Baron felt extremely

time tonight. Why don’t

without

pictures, Lucia had become known in the company and everyone recognized her now. As a result, when they saw her with another man, they couldn’t help giving her a few extra glances. Baron smiled and asked, “What would you like to eat,

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